Vintage Y Coverage
The Tacoma Daily Index has published an overview of the Vintage Y’s transformation from YMCA to new luxury condos. I’ve been generally impressed with this project. The one thing that surprises me in the article is that only five units have been sold so far.
On a side note: I’m curious if the people that live in the Vintage Y will actually walk to stores and restaurants. This project, like several others, seems to be sitting in of a basic services wasteland.
Link to the Tacoma Daily Index
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O OkayThen June 27, 2012
“Like the SAFER grant that will save firefighter jobs, the COPS grant covers more than this year, spreading the award over the next three years, and requiring that Tacoma fully fund the salaries of those officers for the fourth year of the grant.”
Both of these grants also preclude cuts to type of employees they fund. In other words, no community based police officers will be cut for four years (or they will be considered grant funded officers and the City will have repayment issues).
While these grants are great at filling parts of budget holes, they also restrict the City choices on how to balance the budget. At least the City won’t need to ask the community if they should maintain the number of officers, as they’ve already made the decision by applying for and accepting these grants.